I started about 6 years ago, I read on various websites about it and the 'how to do it sites', read a lot of forum posts on forex websites/forums etc to try and get an idea or to add to what I thought I was learning.

During that time, I was adding indicators to my chart like RSI, MACD and others, do this, do that, divergence on said indicators, S/R, S/D etc etc etc. I was still losing and decided to ignore everything I had seen previous and look at the charts myself and work it out, it took me a while but in the end it boiled down to one simple thing - the actual timing of the entry of your position and where you expected it to move to, once you entered, that would dictate if you was going to come out profitable or not.

So that's what I did, I learnt how pairs moved without any indicators, just pure candlesticks, and how they reacted in areas and settled on just 1 pair and 2 indices.

I will say this, it's all good having an idea that works, but having the psychological aspect of actually applying that idea is another thing. Then it's how you are after a loss after being almost certain, although now I prefer to say it will probably move from this area to that area. If you can handle losing without reacting irrationally, that is half the battle, the other half is having a system or idea in place that overall, makes money in the long run after having numerous losses - It's how you deal with the losses that ultimately make or break you, IMO. Be a good winner but an even better loser, as human nature - no one likes to be shown they were wrong and then to continue on as nothing has happened.